Province News

Jesuit ordinations in Japan
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada of Tokyo ordained three Jesuits to the priesthood on September 23. The new priests are Fr Aloysius Ōnishi Takao SJ, Fr...read more

Missionary spirit at diaconate ordination
Australian Jesuits Nico Lariosa, Alan Wong and Robert Morris were ordained deacons in Boston by Cardinal Sean O’Malley OFM Cap. The three Australians were among...read more

Celebrating 40 years of Indonesian regents in Micronesia
Forty years after he first arrived in Micronesia as a regent, Indonesian Jesuit Fr Martinus Sumarno Darmosuwarno SJ still has strong memories of his two...read more

Malaysian Jesuit ordained priest in Sabah
Barely two weeks after a new Jesuit priest was ordained in Singapore, the Malaysia-Singapore Jesuit Region marked another red letter day on September 1 as...read more

Philippine Jesuits issue statement on fighting the evil of illegal drugs
The Jesuits have joined other Church voices in the Philippines in decrying the summary killings in the fight against drugs in the country. [pullquote align=right]...read more

A new Jesuit priest in Singapore
The Jesuits in Singapore-Malaysia celebrated the ordination of Fr Jerome Leon SJ on August 19 in the Church of St Ignatius in Singapore. Archbishop William...read more

Putting the person back into the dynamic cycle of life
“If you think climate change is bad, you’re not prepared to live in this world at all,” said Fr Pedro Walpole SJ in an interview...read more

New hymn evokes First Companions
Two Australian Jesuits have composed a hymn about the first companions in Venice, an important image in the deliberations of General Congregation 36 and one...read more

Five new Jesuit priests in Vietnam
The Vietnam Jesuit Province has five new priests. Fr Peter Tran Vinh Danh SJ, Fr Thomas Aquinas Nguyen Khanh Duy SJ, Fr Joseph Nguyen Hai...read more